You might think that a Gay Pride rally that drew 15 people would not be considered a great success, but we would beg to disagree. On the contrary, for the first such rally on the Milford Oval, it was a fine start, aided by the number of people who honked their car horns in support as they ...

An organization called Everytown for Gun Safety, which bills itself as the country’s largest gun violence prevention organization, recently issued a report showing that “dozens of states have passed laws to establish or improve their mental health records reporting systems, resulting in a ...

All the excuses you need to know so you can feel better about yourself while paying outrageous prices to fix your car.
Viable Excuse number six, it’s the fault of the rivers that caught on fire.
In our last Article we discussed the expense tradeoff between dealer ambiance, and paying for ...

71 years ago, 1947
The tourist information booth on the Milford Oval, shut down during the war, opened at the north end of the Oval. Funds for the booth were provided by the state Planning and Development Commission and the Monadnock Region Association.
At Milford’s High Diving Pool, ...

This photo, from 1979, was taken at Goss Park, the Wilton and Lyndeboroough summer recreation area that was created in the 1950s after Jennie M. Goss contributed 14 acres for community recreation use. Over the years facilities grew to include a pavilion, snack bar, basketball court, tennis ...

“ I ache in the places where I used to play.” – Leonard Cohen, “Tower of Song”
Yeah, I thought of that as I wandered the very hot streets of Montreal recently, sometimes waiting for a World Cup match to start so I could get a seat at Bar Bifteck, or sometimes heading down to the ...

It has been hot, really hot! And not just here. There have been an extraordinary number of new maximum temperatures recorded over the entire world during the last two weeks. This comes following recent catastrophic, super storms, 500-year floods and devastating droughts. What is going on?
A ...

With the latest decision on fox and fisher season and bag limits, The New Hampshire Fish and Game Commission once again has demonstrated its total disregard for its statutory responsibilities and lack of understanding of wildlife management and ecosystem dynamics.
The Legislature [RSA ...

To the Editor:
I’m baaaack! While I remain ever grateful to Hollis/Brookline response to last year’s Holiday Card Challenge, I’d like to up the ante and challenge our amazing community again. This year my goal is to collect 5,000 cards for each of the branches of our military; 25,000 in ...

It’s impossible to know why Donald Trump finally ended his heartless policy of separating children from their parents when they illegally crossed our borders. He said it was because he so disliked those separations, but if that were the case, he wouldn’t have chosen to enforce this policy ...

This letter is about the issue of flying gay pride flags on the 22 flag poles under the American flags on Saturday on the Oval. I am an immigrant from Hungary who came to this country because of what the U S flag represented to me: freedom from tyranny, opportunity to live my life my way, have ...

75 years ago, 1943
Ideas and suggestions calculated to aid the busy housewife and streamline her household duties so that she would have more time for war work were to be discussed at a meeting of the Health for Victory Club in Milford Town Hall.
The State Theatre in Nashua was showing ...

All the excuses you need to know so you can feel better about yourself while paying outrageous prices to fix your car.
Viable Excuse No. 4, the parts price dilemma.
In our last article, we discussed how the salesperson who is kept in the dark can sell you a model car that can cost you ...

You know I don’t like to speak for you, but in this case I am so certain that you agree with me that I’m going to speak for you and say that I know that you have a sense of great relief after having read this headline in USA Today recently:
“Millionaires’ wealth up 11%, tops $70 ...

Although saddened by the recent passing of the transgender therapy ban, and the bathroom bill, I can honestly say I am not surprised. Sadly, Americans, as well as many Catholics are blind to the truth, preferring to believe there is no hard “truth;” there is “your truth, my truth, ...

The Milford selectmen got it right when they voted not to allow a rainbow flag to fly on the town’s flag pole on the Oval. They also got it right when the agreed to designate June as Gay Pride Month in the community.
But getting the Oval pole issue right doesn’t mean there is no way for ...

It’s Not Your Fault!
All the excuses you need to know so you can feel better about yourself while paying outrageous prices to fix your car.
Viable Excuse No. 3, the salesman sold you the wrong car.
In our last Article we discussed idiot engineers who should have been flunked turning ...

There are four hummingbird feeders in our yard, all always stocked with sugar syrup that I make, yet the other day I watched two hummingbirds argue over the feeder on the deck.
I yelled at them to play nice.
They ignored me and continued to buzz one another in the kind of scene you’d see ...

75 years ago, 1943
Under a special agreement between cigarette companies and American Legion posts across the nation, folks could buy cigarettes for a nickle a pack to have sent to men and women in uniform.
Officials were considering a proposal for the federal government to establish a ...